Frankie Cronin

Frankie (Linda) Cronin Frankie, a pharmacist, came to live in Israel from England in 1977 to Herzliya, moving to Raanana in 1995. In 2008 she and husband Mike moved to live in the Galilee. Frankie helped computerise the ESRA database and has made sure that it has kept pace with developments. She also helped set up and run the distribution system for the ESRA Magazine. Frankie sat on the editorial board of the ESRA magazine and was involved in proofreading, editing and contributing articles. She has managed the ‘esra.org.il’ website for the last ten years and edits the ESRA Monthly e-Bulletin www.esra.org.il/EVENTS/events.htm. She has three children and six grandchildren.

Anita Siegel, ESRA member and regular hiker with themore ... Hiking Club, won the LTM Star Award at a festive ceremony held in London this September. Her company, Lingualink, was chosen as the 2009 Agency of the Middle East & Africa out of five nominees from Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.Close

Frankie Cronin describes their move to the newly establishedmore ... village of Lavon in the Gallilee ten minutes from Carmiel, where the family enjoy an eclectic mix of inhabitants in pleasant surrounding and temperate weather.
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The hall was full to capacity at the inaugural meetingmore ... of ESRA's newest branch in the city of Haifa on June 15. Sam Frydman, Emeritus Professor at the Technion gave a fascinating talk and the goals and purposes of ESRA were explained to the guests. Close

Frankie Cronin remembers the talk she and her husbandmore ... gave to the Golden Age Friendship club. In the talk they described their clandestine visit to Russia in the 70s when they met with Soviet Jews and encourouraged them to make Aliya.Close

At a recent talk in Carmiel Mr. Ishmael Khaldi, Israel’smore ... first Bedouin diplomat, described his childhood growing up as one of 11 siblings living in a tent in the Haifa Bay area. Today he is stationed in London, at the Israeli embassy. As a Muslim Arab he finds he is able to communicate with audiences antagonistic to Israel.Close

By chance the Cronins chose to visit a sleepy townmore ... – Liptovsky Mikalas – in a valley between the Tatra mountains. They find an impressive synagogue, built in 1906, which is here described in detail, and really fits the description of "amazing". At the synagogue there is a small display of photographs of Jewish families who once lived in the town, and an appeal is made for more photos of Jews who once lived in the town. The photos should be sent to nemcova@mik.Im.sk.Close